The Reappearance of Rachel Price

Another one of the books I've been meaning to read for so freaking long (okay, like a month). Holly Jackson's "The Reappearance of Rachel Price."

["A new true-crime fueled mystery thriller about a girl determined to uncover the shocking truth about her missing mother while filming a documentary on the unsolved case.

Lights. Camera. Lies.

18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would just move on.

But the case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. And then the impossible happens. Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again.

Rachel has an unbelievable story about what happened to her. Unbelievable, because Bel isn’t sure it’s real. If Rachel is lying, then where has she been all this time? And – could she be dangerous? With the cameras still rolling, Bel must uncover the truth about her mother, and find out why Rachel Price really came back from the dead . . ."]

One of the things I love/hate about mysteries/thrillers is the fact that you can't fucking trust anyone. I'm suspicious of literally everyone. Breathe at me the wrong way, and I'll suspect you. Be too nice, and I'll suspect you. Act too guilty, and I'll suspect you, doubt my self, suspect them again, question my own sanity, have a mental breakdown, and then suspect you again. Not even the narrator is safe (I read a book before that the narrator didn't even know he/she was the killer the whole time--that was a mind-fuck).

Holly Jackson is a master at this craft. Yes, there were a few times it was sluggish, but all novels have those moments (Holly even joked about it 45-pages in "Rachel got into bed, making eye contact with the book waiting for her on the top of her nightstand. The plot hasn't really got going yet--a lot of backstory--but something exciting was going to happen soon. It had to: the title promised it."

Another amazing quote: "'To the most fucked-up family in America. Cheers!'" Which was page, maybe 120, and Bel didn't even know how right that phrase would be. 

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